Commit yaboot 1.3.3

[yaboot.git] / man / yaboot.conf.5

diff --git a/man/yaboot.conf.5 b/man/yaboot.conf.5
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--- a/man/yaboot.conf.5
+++ b/man/yaboot.conf.5
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 .\" This program is distributed according to the Gnu General Public License.
 .\" See the file COPYING in the ybin source distribution.
 .\"
 .\" This program is distributed according to the Gnu General Public License.
 .\" See the file COPYING in the ybin source distribution.
 .\"

-.TH YABOOT.CONF 5 "28 May 2001" "GNU/Linux PowerPC" "File Formats"
+.TH YABOOT.CONF 5 "25 September 2001" "GNU/Linux PowerPC" "File Formats"

 .SH NAME
 .B yaboot.conf
 \- Configuration file format used by
 .SH NAME
 .B yaboot.conf
 \- Configuration file format used by


@@ -293,14 +293,16 @@ brown, light-gray, dark-gray, yellow, and white.  The default is
 black.
 .TP
 .BI "bsd=" of-path
 black.
 .TP
 .BI "bsd=" of-path

-The OpenFirmware or Unix device path to a NetBSD or OpenBSD bootstrap
-partition, this partition must already have the BSD ofwboot.elf
-bootloader installed in the root directory..  When you define this
-option you will be presented with a simple menu at bootup allowing you
-to hit L to boot GNU/Linux or B to boot BSD (along with other choices
-if configured).  This will only work if you are using the new
-\fI/usr/local/lib/yaboot/ofboot\fR script.  When this is set to a unix
-device node (ie \fI/dev/hda11\fR) then ybin will use the
+The OpenFirmware or Unix device path to a NetBSD or OpenBSD root
+partition, this partition must have the BSD kernel located at \fI/bsd\fR.
+You must also have the BSD bootloader
+\fIofwboot\fR installed at \fI/usr/local/lib/yaboot/ofwboot\fR,
+\fBybin\fR(8) will install this onto the \fBbootstrap\fR(8) partition.
+When you define this option you will be presented with a simple menu at
+bootup allowing you to hit L to boot GNU/Linux or B to boot BSD (along
+with other choices if configured).  This will only work if you are
+using the new \fI/usr/local/lib/yaboot/ofboot\fR script.  When this is
+set to a unix device node (ie \fI/dev/hda11\fR) then ybin will use the

 \fBofpath\fR(8) utility to determine the OpenFirmware device path.
 .TP
 .BI "macos=" of-path
 \fBofpath\fR(8) utility to determine the OpenFirmware device path.
 .TP
 .BI "macos=" of-path